House roll call 443 · 35th Congress · Feb 9, 1859
To amend H.R. 711, government appropriation bill, so as to eliminate mileage specified and allowances for house members and make appropriation to compensate mem
On Feb 9, 1859, the House voted 112–75 (HR 711). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 43–54, Republicans 60–16, Others 9–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 59 members voted against their own party.
During the 35th Congress (1857–1858), James Buchanan was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 112
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Feb 9, 1859
By party
- Democrats43 yes · 54 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Republicans60 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted yes
- Sydenham Moore D-AL voted yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted yes
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted yes
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted yes
- James Jackson D-GA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted yes
- David Kilgore R-IN voted no
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- James Wilson R-IN voted no
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted yes
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted yes
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted yes
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted no
- William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI voted no
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN voted yes
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted yes
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted yes
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted yes
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted yes
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Miller D-OH voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence D-OH voted yes
- Owen Jones D-PA voted yes
- Wilson Reilly D-PA voted yes
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted no
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted yes
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted yes
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted no
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Huyler D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Landy D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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